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Chapter 4

Author: Echo
I rubbed my eyes, trying to make it go away.

The images playing on the screen were like poisoned knives stabbing into my brain.

Impossible. This was impossible.

“Do you see it clearly now?” Victor’s icy voice echoed in the room. “Have you given up?”

He grabbed my collar and slapped me hard across the face.

“You should have been in hell a long time ago, Nessa,” he cursed, his words laced with a bone-chilling cold.

This time, I didn’t move.

My cheek swelled, and blood trickled from my lip, but I f
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